Cowboys have moved on to Seattle; focus now is on stopping rookie QB

Jason Garrett’s message to the Dallas Cowboys on Monday morning was short and sweet: It’s time to move on.

“It was a short meeting,” Garrett said. “I was probably in there for 45 seconds. I laid out the day and said it’s time to move on. The only thing that matters is what we do today.”

From Garrett’s viewpoint, the Cowboys have had plenty of time to bask in the glory of opening the season with a determined 24-17 win over the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants last Wednesday night.

“I think it’s always a challenge to move on,” Garrett said. “It’s a challenge for every player and every team to move from play to play regardless of what happened on the previous play whether it was successful or whether it didn’t go well for you, and it’s game to game as well. We continue to preach it because we think it’s important. It’s a good philosophy for football players, for teams and it’s a good philosophy for life. So we are moving on to the next one. We cleaned up the Giants game on Friday…We are focused on Seattle and we will have a Seattle practice today.”

The Seahawks opened the season Sunday with a heartbreaking 20-16 loss at Arizona. Rookie quarterback Russell Wilson looked solid for the most part, completing 18 of 34 for 153 yards and a touchdown with one interception.

“He was really impressive,” Garrett said. “We were really impressed with him coming out of school…He has a really good feel for playing the game and playing the quarterback position.”

Wilson beat out free agent signee Matt Flynn for the starting job with a strong preseason.

“It’s amazing that he went in there and took that starting job. It’s a hard thing for a rookie to do and he did that. He was impressive in the preseason and he was impressive yesterday…He can certainly throw the football. He throws it from the pocket, he throws it on the move, but he also just flat out makes plays with his feet. His eyes are always up and he makes a lot of positive, productive plays for them.”